Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog is back with another current events roundup for all you ladies and gentlemen!
Watching President Trump cleaning up the cesspool of corruption in our political establishment reminds me of a much larger version of the cleanup in New York City’s police department in the 1970s following Frank Serpico’s revelations.
And those revelations were just the tip of the iceberg as you can read in the non-fiction book Prince of the City (NOT the fictional film based on it). The corruption was so pervasive that some were even contemplating bringing in the National Guard to replace the New York City police so that hiring could start from scratch once all the incriminated parties were rooted out.
For another comparison remember the real-life efforts of prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino as they tried to end organized crime’s control of Sicily’s governmental figures. They were eventually assassinated after years of having the entire corrupt system against them. The non-fiction book Excellent Cadavers is a great way to familiarize yourself with them.
Long years ago, when I first read that book (full title Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic) I thought at the time that any real attempt in America to clean up our institutionalized political corruption would resemble that situation. Obviously on a much larger scale, of course.
The Establishment Sewer is fighting back, and the outcome of this first dedicated pushback against America’s bought and paid for officeholders and bureaucrats is still uncertain. Our repulsive “intelligence agencies” may try anything and “By Any Means Necessary” has long been the motto of America’s fascist Democrat Party.
Even worse, Trump has made some unforced errors and lapsed into foolish distractions like the whole “51st State” nonsense with Canada. He’s still a de facto Third Party President and given the unreliability of A LOT of Congressional Republicans massive betrayal could come at any time.
The most likely danger may not be that dramatic, however, and may instead manifest in the form of the general public’s tendency to pretend “the good guys won” after a major event and go back to ignoring politics while the rot resumes spreading. Interesting times ahead.
ALLEN WEST COURAGEOUSLY POINTS OUT SEVERAL ATROCITIES FROM DEMOCRAT PARTY HISTORY.
SURVEY: MORE AMERICANS TRUST TRUMP THAN TRUST THE ESTABLISHMENT MEDIA FOR FAIR, FULL AND ACCURATE FACTS. And no wonder.
DEMOCRAT POLLSTER FINDS DEMOCRATS NOW DOWN TO 35% APPROVAL, WHILE TRUMP IS AT 57% APPROVAL.
WISCONSIN’S DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR SUPPORTS BILL TO CHANGE THE WORD “MOTHER” TO “INSEMINATED PERSON” IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARTY’S TRANS RELIGION. Continue reading
MOTOR PIRATES (1906) American release title The Modern Pirates – This British action short was directed by England’s monumentally underrated silent film director Arthur Melbourne Cooper. Motor Pirates clocks in at under 9 minutes but crams quite a bit into that runtime. 
The Motor Pirates drive their vehicle on to a country estate where they employ its front-end “suction feature” to vacuum up several chickens. Four men of the estate come out with guns blazing to stop the crooks, but they shoot down their victims, leaving three dead and one barely clinging to life as they drive off. 
FIRST, I AM DOING WHAT ANY SUCH LIST COMPILER SHOULD DO IF THEY ARE TRYING TO BE AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE: I am omitting the most recent presidents because of the way emotion (and hysteria in some cases) can color perceptions of them. Presidential rankings lists which go all the way up to the present year are used simply as partisan political propaganda, not as true assessments.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT 
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PROFILES IN COURAGE (1964-1965) – This television series took its name from the late President John F. Kennedy’s non-fiction book of that title. Some of the episodes dramatized specific sections of JFK’s book while others depicted what the producers felt were similar instances of political figures facing tough choices. 
Those choices were between following their conscience or following what was best for their political career at the time. 
OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD (Nov 8th, 1964) – Senator Underwood was a top contender for the Democrat presidential nomination in 1924. However, he obeyed his conscience by speaking out against the Ku Klux Klan, one of the Democrat Party’s most powerful forces. 
MARY S. MCDOWELL (Nov 15th, 1964) – Mary McDowell was a New York teacher during World War One. She refused to support the war effort via War Bonds rallies or sign a loyalty oath due to her religious principles as a Quaker. 
